"jloomis" wrote in message
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I have a wood floor to install,
The client chose a pre-finished 3/4 oak.
Now I understand acclimation and such.
On one hand a friend of mine who is into wood floors for years,
and had a business making wood flooring say's you do not have to acclimate
pre-finished wood flooring.
When I read a manual on installing wood floors it says to "acclimate" it.
Who or what is the best practice?
john

If it's prefinished solid wood flooring acclimate it.... If it's thick
laminate flooring it may still benefit from being acclimated if there were
significant climatic differences between the source storage conditions and
the conditions where it is to be installed. Either way, opening the bundles
and letting the flooring acclimate for at least a couple days will not hurt!

John